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Chester St East

43 reports at 25 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2025, the latest 2026. 37 separate days somebody filed something about it.

43 reports25 addresses37 days reported onfrom the air, then4 documents carry the namethe 1622nd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

119 Chester St East, 8 reports166 Chester St East, 3 reports140 Chester St East, 3 reports92 Chester St East, 2 reports196 Chester St East, 2 reports192 Chester St East, 2 reports177 Chester St East, 2 reports173 Chester St East, 2 reports148 Chester St East, 2 reports119B Chester St East, 2 reports88 Chester St East, 1 report86 Chester St East, 1 report79 Chester St East, 1 report202 Chester St East, 1 report198 Chester St East, 1 report188 Chester St East, 1 report165 Chester St East, 1 report151 Chester St East, 1 report147 Chester St East, 1 report144 Chester St East, 1 report141 Chester St East, 1 report120 Chester St East, 1 report119A Chester St East, 1 report116 Chester St East, 1 report115 Chester St East, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Chester St East, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Christchurch Central City.

From the air, then

Chester St East from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Chester St East from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Chester St East from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Chester St East from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →

The addresses on it

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.

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The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.

As it was reported

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Chester St East?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Chester St East?

43 reports at 25 addresses, most often vehicles & parking (17), trees & parks (7), roads & footpaths (6).

When was Chester St East first reported on?

2025, the record covers 37 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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